Before performing this procedure • Wash your hands (and afterwards too). • Ask the parent and any other helper to wash their hands. • Minimise distractions. • Ensure good lighting. • Explain to the parent (and child, if old enough to understand) that the medicine needs to be put into the eye and that it will make the eye better. • Explain that, once the medication has been put in, the vision ma...

PURPOSE A simple stability-indicating RP-HPLC assay method was developed and validated for quantitative determination of Chloramphenicol, Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate and Tetrahydrozoline Hydrochloride in ophthalmic solution in the presence of 2-amino-1-(4-nitrophenyl)propane-1,3-diol, a degradation product of Chloramphenicol, and Dexamethasone, a degradation product of Dexamethasone Sodium P...

AIM To evaluate and compare the microbial contamination arising from 1 and 2 weeks' use of eye drops by hospital inpatients and hence determine the validity of apportioning a 2 week in use expiry date for these preparations. METHODS Eye drop residues were collected from inpatients of Worthing, Southlands, and Brighton General hospitals after 7 days' use (341 samples) and also after 14 days' u...

Imidazole decongestants are present in a variety of over-the-counter medications, including eye drops and nasal sprays. Their primary mechanism of action is vasoconstriction, accomplished by direct stimulation of alpha receptors on blood vessels. Accidental and intentional poisonings involving these substances are increasing, and can cause mental status and respiratory depression, as well as ot...

The aim of this study was to assess whether patients have their ocular drops correctly prescribed during non-ophthalmic admissions to hospital. A retrospective review of notes of patients who were admitted to hospital for general medical or surgical care, while on regular eye drops at the time of admission was performed. Twenty two patients were on regular ocular medication when admitted. Only ...

Aim The objectives of this study were to explore parents' views about their children's use of regular eye drops and whether they would consider a sustained-release subconjunctival injection as a replacement for daily drops. Methods A survey was conducted with 134 parents of children with chronic eye diseases at the Singapore National Eye Centre. Parents were asked their views about their chil...